Perennial herb to about 70 cm. Leaves several, basal, linear. Inflorescence manyflowered. Flowers open cup-shaped, erect to spreading; summer.Tepals to 45 mm long, lobes about 3 times the tube length, narrow, reddish-pink. Stamens and sterile stamens more or less equal; sterile stamens elongate, inrolled. Fruit many-seeded, dried floral tube splitting as fruit matures. Grown as a spring-flowering bulb ornamental on well-drained soil.

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B. elegans Hoover, Elegant Brodiaea, from California to Oregon is a perennial herb to about 50 cm. Leaves several, basal, linear. Inflorescence many-flowered. Flowers open, cup-shaped, erect to spreading; summer.Tepals to 45 mm long, lobes less than 2.5 times the tube length, narrow, deep purple or reddish-purple. Stamens and sterile stamens more or less equal; sterile stamens flat-concave. Fruit manyseeded, dried floral tube not splitting as fruit matures.

Source: Conran, J. (2005). Themidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.